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The 2023 recipient: Sandra Hüller

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year Winner and nominees Film Role
2000 Laura Linney You Can Count on Me Samantha "Sammy" Prescott
Ellen Burstyn Requiem for a Dream Sara Goldfarb
Michelle Yeoh Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yu Shu Lien
2001 Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom Ruth Fowler
Thora Birch Ghost World Enid
Audrey Tautou Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) Amélie Poulain
2002 Julianne Moore Far from Heaven Cathy Whitaker
Maggie Gyllenhaal Secretary Lee Holloway
Nicole Kidman The Hours Virginia Woolf
Diane Lane Unfaithful Constance Sumner
Meryl Streep The Hours Clarissa Vaughan
2003 Charlize Theron Monster Aileen Wuornos
Jennifer Connelly House of Sand and Fog Kathy Nicolo
Scarlett Johansson Lost in Translation Charlotte
2004 Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Vera Drake
Laura Linney Kinsey Clara McMillen
Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby Maggie Fitzgerald
2005 Felicity Huffman Transamerica Stanley Schupak / Bree Osbourne
Laura Linney The Squid and the Whale Joan Berkman
Charlize Theron North Country Josey Aimes
Naomi Watts King Kong Ann Darrow
2006 Helen Mirren The Queen Queen Elizabeth II
Judi Dench Notes on a Scandal Barbara Covett
Kate Winslet Little Children Sarah Pierce
2007 Marion Cotillard La Vie en Rose (La môme) Édith Piaf
Anamaria Marinca 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days Otilia Mihartescu
Elliot Page[a] Juno Juno MacGuff
2008 Kate Winslet The Reader Hanna Schmitz
Revolutionary Road April Wheeler
Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky Pauline "Poppy" Cross
Meryl Streep Doubt Sister Aloysius Beauvier
2009 Carey Mulligan An Education Jenny Miller
Gabourey Sidibe Precious Claireece "Precious" Jones
Meryl Streep Julie & Julia Julia Child

2010s

Year Winner and nominees Film Role
2010 Jennifer Lawrence Winter's Bone Ree Dolly
Annette Bening The Kids Are All Right Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood
Natalie Portman Black Swan Nina Sayers
2011 Elizabeth Olsen Martha Marcy May Marlene Martha
Meryl Streep The Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher
Michelle Williams My Week with Marilyn Marilyn Monroe
2012 Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty Maya
Marion Cotillard Rust and Bone Stéphanie
Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook Tiffany Maxwell
2013 Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
Sandra Bullock Gravity Dr. Ryan Stone
Greta Gerwig Frances Ha Frances Halladay
2014 Tilda Swinton Only Lovers Left Alive Eve
Marion Cotillard The Immigrant Ewa Cybulska
Reese Witherspoon Wild Cheryl Strayed
2015 Brie Larson Room Joy "Ma" Newsome
Cate Blanchett Carol Carol Aird
Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn Eilis Lacey
2016 Isabelle Huppert Elle Michèle Leblanc
Amy Adams Arrival Dr. Louise Banks
Natalie Portman Jackie Jackie Kennedy
2017 Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
Sally Hawkins The Shape of Water Elisa Esposito
Frances McDormand Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Mildred Hayes
2018 Olivia Colman The Favourite Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Regina Hall Support the Girls Lisa Conroy
Melissa McCarthy Can You Ever Forgive Me? Lee Israel
2019 Scarlett Johansson Marriage Story Nicole Barber
Lupita Nyong'o Us Adelaide Wilson / Red
Saoirse Ronan Little Women Josephine "Jo" March

2020s

Year Winner and nominees Film Role Ref
2020 Frances McDormand Nomadland Fern
Viola Davis Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Ma Rainey
Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas
2021 Olivia Colman The Lost Daughter Leda Caruso [1]
Jessica Chastain The Eyes of Tammy Faye Tammy Faye Bakker [2]
Renate Reinsve The Worst Person in the World Julie
2022 Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All At Once Evelyn Wang [3]
Cate Blanchett Tár Lydia Tár [4]
Janelle Monáe Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Helen and Andi Brand
2023 Sandra Hüller Anatomy of a Fall Sandra Voyter [5]
Annette Bening Nyad Diana Nyad [6]
Emma Stone Poor Things Bella Baxter / Victoria Blessington

Notes

  1. ^ Credited as Ellen Page

References

  1. ^ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022.
  2. ^ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Vlessing, Etan (February 13, 2023). "'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Vancouver Film Critics Announce Nominees". Northern Stars. January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  5. ^ Gee, Dana (February 13, 2024). "'Anatomy of a Fall' beats out Hollywood to take top honours at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  6. ^ Vlessing, Etan (January 22, 2024). "'Oppenheimer' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Six Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
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